Martinsville, City of; amending charter, granting of town status.

Charter; City of Martinsville; town status;referendum. Amends the charter for the City of Martinsville torequire the circuit court for the City of Martinsville, prior tonotifying the Supreme Court of the City's adoption of an ordinanceand petition for an order granting town status to the City, to firstrequire an election to be held on the following question: "Shall theCity of Martinsville become a town?" The bill provides that if amajority of the qualified voters of the City voting on the questionare in favor of the transition from city to town status, the specialcourt shall enter the order granting town status in accordance withthe procedures, requirements, and provisions of general law.